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Obama declines to set Guantánamo closure date in Fox News interview

Barack Obama has backed away from his pledge to close the US prison at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the year, saying he hoped to shut it in 2010 but needed the co-operation of the US Congress. The president, on a tour through Asia, observed a brief ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin blasts Newsweek cover

Newsweek magazine puts a picture of Palin in running shorts on its cover this week, and Palin goes after them Palin has been attacking the media since she appeared in the national spotlight last year, usually lambasting news figures and organisations ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Newsweek,  Sarah Palin,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bill Clinton

Sarah Palin on Oprah

We liveblog Sarah Palin's turn on Oprah Winfrey today, where she will flog her book, settle some scores, and give her presidential bid a boost. Sarah Palin addresses a campaign rally in Green, Ohio. She appears on Oprah Winfrey's television show ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Oprah Winfrey,  John McCain,  Barack Obama

US supreme court rejects bid against Washington Redskins NFL team

The US supreme court has rejected an effort by American Indian activists to force the Washington Redskins NFL team to change its name, which many Indians say is an offensive racial slur. American sport has undergone a cultural transformation in recent ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Redskins,  NFL,  Cleveland Indians,  Kansas City Chiefs,  National Collegiate Athletic Association

US to seek death penalty against 9/11 suspects

The United States will seek the death penalty against the five men accused of planning the September 11 attacks, who will be tried in a civilian court in New York City just blocks from the site of the World Trade Centre. US attorney general Eric Holder ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Eric Holder,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Central Intelligence Agency

New Fort Hood account emerges

Soldiers guarding the entrance to Fort Hood military base after the massacre in which 13 people were killed. Photograph: LM Otero/AP Sergeant Kimberly Munley was the heroine America desperately sought in the hours after the massacre at the Fort Hood ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  New York Times Company,  Mark Todd,  White House,  John Brennan

Comedy Central's Jon Stewart exposes Fox News' shoddy protest coverage

Producers at Fox News either lied about the size of a right-wing protest -- or really screwed up the tape. Jon Stewart showed how. In the US, Fox News has been promoting a series of right-wing protests against Obama and the Democrats' health care plan. ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jon Stewart,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Sean Hannity,  U.S. Republican Party

Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen if he can clinch climate deal

US president hinted in an interview that he will travel to climate summit to help secure a binding treaty. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Barack Obama will travel to the climate summit in Copenhagen next month if the countries involved ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party

Police probe Fort Hood suspect's 'ties' to preacher

Soldiers walk on the grounds of Fort Hood army base in Texas. Thirteen people were killed in a shooting at the base last week. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA Investigators hoping to determine what drove Nidal Hasan, a US army major, to a deadly shooting ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Washington Post Company,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Osama bin Laden,  New York Times Company

Tensions of faith and nation: US military denies letting in extremists

Hasan Akbar was sentenced to death for killing two commanding officers with a grenade. Photograph: AP The US military has a long tradition of religious tolerance but military officials bristled today at suggestions that this has aided ...

From DANIEL NASAW, Guardian Unlimited,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  James Yee,  Al-Qaeda

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